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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 3rd, 5th November 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 201 runs |
| Umpires | EJ Howell, EW Prynn |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 116/3 (Insole 36*, May 26*) |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Dakin | b Wardle | 9 | 74 | - | - | ||
| P Jamieson | b Tyson | 6 | 20 | - | - | ||
| DBL Dold | b Lock | 31 | 71 | 2 | - | ||
| HG Emslie | c Insole b Lock | 12 | 32 | 2 | - | ||
| PH Copeland | b Wardle | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| *AW Hicks | b Wardle | 24 | 61 | 1 | - | ||
| +BB Bradfield | c Insole b Lock | 3 | 7 | - | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | c Insole b Lock | 4 | 8 | - | - | ||
| IF Anderson | c Compton b Wardle | 5 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| JG Ferrant | c Lock b Wardle | 4 | 20 | - | - | ||
| RL Forword | not out | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 166 minutes, 45.7 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Jamieson), 2-39 (Dakin), 3-55 (Dold), 4-64 (Copeland), 5-64 (Emslie), 6-70 (Bradfield), 7-74 (McKinnon), 8-87 (Anderson), 9-104 (Hicks), 10-105 (Ferrant, 45.7 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Loader | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lock | 19 | 2 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 16.7 | 4 | 30 | 5 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Bradfield b Anderson | 11 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | run out | 33 | 64 | 2 | - | ||
| DJ Insole | c Forword b McKinnon | 118 | 295 | 8 | - | ||
| DCS Compton | c Dold b McKinnon | 7 | 29 | - | - | ||
| *PBH May | c Bradfield b Ferrant | 118 | 202 | 16 | 1 | ||
| +TG Evans | c Dold b Ferrant | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | ||
| JH Wardle | b McKinnon | 19 | 21 | 2 | 1 | ||
| GAR Lock | b Ferrant | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Dakin b McKinnon | 8 | 34 | - | - | ||
| FH Tyson | not out | 16 | 32 | 2 | - | ||
| PJ Loader | b McKinnon | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 9 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 373 minutes, 100 overs) | 365 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Richardson), 2-58 (Cowdrey), 3-75 (Compton), 4-293 (May), 5-307 (Evans), 6-313 (Insole), 7-332 (Lock), 8-332 (Wardle), 9-357 (Bailey), 10-365 (Loader, 100 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 15 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Ferrant | 32 | 12 | 75 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| McKinnon | 41 | 4 | 159 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Forword | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Dakin | lbw b Tyson | 4 | 35 | - | - | ||
| P Jamieson | lbw b Loader | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| DBL Dold | c Bailey b Lock | 22 | 64 | 1 | - | ||
| HG Emslie | c Cowdrey b Lock | 1 | 23 | - | - | ||
| *AW Hicks | c Cowdrey b Lock | 8 | 21 | - | - | ||
| +BB Bradfield | c Richardson b Wardle | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | c Evans b Lock | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| IF Anderson | b Lock | 10 | 13 | 2 | - | ||
| JG Ferrant | c Evans b Lock | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| RL Forword | st Evans b Wardle | 3 | 5 | - | - | ||
| PH Copeland | not out | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 23.4 overs) | 59 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Jamieson), 2-15 (Dakin), 3-28 (Emslie), 4-37 (Dold), 5-42 (Hicks), 6-42 (McKinnon), 7-42 (Bradfield), 8-46 (Ferrant), 9-55 (Forword), 10-59 (Anderson, 23.4 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Loader | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 7.4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HG Emslie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Hicks made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BB Bradfield made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RL Forword made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Insole (1) 50 in 165 minutes with 3 fours
--> DJ Insole (1) 100 in 265 minutes with 5 fours
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 106 minutes with 7 fours
--> PBH May (1) 100 in 193 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> PBH May (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 99
--> JH Wardle made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PJ Loader made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> FH Tyson made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> GAR Lock reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DBL Dold, his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> JH Wardle reached 1550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed IF Anderson, his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
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